NA LCS 2016 Summer Split: Day 2, Week 1 Recap

Today marked Day 2, Week 1 of
the2016 North American
League Championship Series(NA LCS) Summer Split.

From Immortals proving their continued dominance, to
Team EnVyUs continuing their strong entrance into the NA LCS,
here is how Day 2, Week 1 went down.

(1-0)Immortals2-1
Cloud9 (0-1)

Immortals took a very close game
one over Cloud9, winning the team kills 19-17 and taking a 9,000
gold lead. Jason “WildTurtle” Tran led the team with his
utility play and Ashe ultimates, going 4/4/10.

Game two began Cloud9’s
attempt at a comeback, as a hectic affair with 49 total kills saw
the series count even up at 1-1. Eon-Young “Impact”
Jeong dominated the top lane for Cloud9 with a 7/1/24 performance
on Maokai.

Game three was likely the
closest of the series, as the back-and-forth match included an
Elder Dragon steal by Cloud9 jungler William “Meteos”
Hartman. In the end, the 12,000 gold lead for Immortals was too
much for Cloud9 to overcome.

(1-0)Echo
Fox2-0 Phoenix1
(0-1)

Game one of this series was a
slow affair, but Echo Fox kept control and took the game, winning
the team kills 10-2 and gaining a 5,000 gold lead. A deathless
4/0/4 Sivir performance from Yuri “KEITH” Jew ensured the foxes their first victory
of the Summer Split.

Game two saw Echo Fox win even
bigger the second time around. Jeong-hun “kfo” Park
led the team with an impressive 10/2/1 performance on Fiora. Fox
took the win in 42 minutes, sticking to their characteristically
slow and steady style.

(1-0)Apex
Gaming2-0 NRG eSports
(0-2)

In game one of this series, Apex
dominated the bottom lane as MVP Alex “Xpecial”
Chu went 2/1/12 on Braum and Apollo “Apollo” Price went 3/1/7
on Caitlyn. With a 15,000 gold lead, Apex took game one.

NRG’s poor start to the
split continued, as Apex ran away with a 20,000 gold lead to finish
the series. Once again, Xpecial earned the game MVP with a 0/1/22
performance on Braum and Apollo went 7/0/5 on Caitlyn. Apex defied
expectations, sweeping NRG.

(2-0)Team
EnVyUs2-0 Team Liquid
(0-1)

Woo Young "Seraph" Shin
was a force to be reckoned with in game one, going 5/1/8 on Maokai
and earning the game MVP award. It was a tight game, heavily
focused initially on ganks in the mid lane, but the top laner led
Team EnVyUs to victory.

Game two was another strong
EnVyUs win, as the team only picked up more steam after the first
game win. A strong 4/0/8 performance from Se-young “Procxin” Kim, while not good enough to earn the
game MVP, led EnVyUs to a 16-8 kill lead and a 13,000 gold lead to
win the series.

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